On the first floor of your dormitory are two vending machines. The one on the left always works; the one on the right is usually broken. You therefore put your money only in the machine on the left. This illustrates which aspect of operant conditioning?

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Discrimination is the ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli, and respond only to the conditioned stimulus. In this scenario, the person has learned to discriminate between the two vending machines and only puts their money in the one that works.

On the First Floor of Your Dormitory Are Two Vending